Djadoeg Djajakusuma (1918–1987) was an Indonesian film director and
promoter of traditional art forms. During the Japanese occupation from
1943 to 1945 he was a translator and actor. In the national revolution
which followed, he worked for the military's educational division and
several news agencies, as well as in drama. In 1951 he joined the
National Film Corporation (Perfini) at the invitation of Usmar Ismail.
After his directorial debut with Embun, he released a further eleven
films with the company before leaving in 1964. He then returned to
traditional Indonesian theatre, including wayang. Although he continued
to direct movies, most of his energies were dedicated to promoting
traditional art forms and teaching cinematography. His theatrical
performances attempted to modernise traditional forms. He is credited
with revitalising the Betawi theatre form lenong and received numerous
awards for his filmmaking, including a lifetime achievement award at the
Indonesian Film Festival.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Djajakusuma>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1897:
A sheriff's posse fired upon a peaceful labor demonstration
made up of mostly Polish and Slovak anthracite coal miners in Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, U.S., killing 19 people and wounding many others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattimer_massacre>
1945:
Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated in a farm in
Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before
choking to death in Phoenix, Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken>
1961:
At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von
Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and
crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Trips>
2008:
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's
largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, was first powered up
beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
necessitate:
(transitive) To make necessary; to require (something) to be brought
about.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/necessitate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.
--Franz Werfel
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